4,909 jobs posted in Huntsville metro in January; see which companies were top 20 area employers

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A new
report from the Alabama Department of Labor says there were 4,909 total job ads
in the Huntsville metro in January, which is a 10 percent drop from December when more
than 5,800 positions were posted.

Of the available job ads in January, 2,278 were less than 30 days old and 345 were posted by staffing firms
or recruiters. The unemployment rate in Madison County for January was 5.9
percent, or 10,097 residents.

The occupations with the most
job openings in the Huntsville area in January were heavy and tractor-trailer
truck drivers (261 ads), first-line supervisors of retail sales workers (161),
retail salespersons (156), software developers/applications (117) and computer
systems analysts (114)